Hot-water bag.



No. 724,289. PATENTED MAR- 31, 1903.

J. H. HOLT.

HOT WATER BAG.

APPLICATION PI'LED JAN. 12. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. I-IOLT, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

HOT-WATER BAG.

$PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent 5N0. 724,289, dated March 31, 1903. Application filed January 12, 1 90 3a gerial No. 138,672. (No lilOtIBlJl To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'JOHN H. HOLT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hot-Water Bags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in attachments for fluid-receptacles, and more especially to that class of such receptacles generally known as hot-water bags, the object of the invention being to provide means for preventing loss or misplacement of the stopper or other device used for closing such receptacles.

To this end my said invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts herein described, and particularly pointed out in the accompanying claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which show two forms of my invention, Figure '1 represents in side elevation one end of a hot-water bag provided with a form ofthe attachment embodying my invention. Fig. 2

represents a similar view of a hot-water bag' provided with another form of my invention, and Fig. 3 represents in top plan oneend of the strip or flap shown in Fig. 1.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the specific forms of myinvention shown, 1 represents a hot-water bag; 2, the funnel usually carried by such receptacles for filling them, and 3 the carrying-strap, usually made of the same material as the bag and secured to the sides of the funnel.

My invention consists in the case shown in Fig. 1 in securing to the bag, or preferably to the side of the funnel, as shown, a flexible flap or strip 4 and securing to this strip at or near one end of the same the stopper 5, which in the case shown is adapted to screw into the neck of the bottle, as is. the case generally with hot-water-bag stoppers.

In order to allow the stopper to turn, it is rotatably secured to the strip 4 by providing the strip with an opening through which passes the shank of the stopper between the plug and the thumb-piece 6. This opening is preferably provided with an eyelet 7. Any

other suitable means, however, may be employed for permanently and rotatably securing the stopper to the strip.

In the event that the bag is made of rubber, which is usually the case, the strip 4 may be also made of rubber and cemented or otherwise securely fastened to the bag, or it may simply form a continuation of the material of the funnel.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a modified form of my invention in which the stopper is secured to the carrying-strap. In the case shown this strap is provided with an eyelet-opening 8, similar to that of the strip 4:, through which passes the shank of the stopper 5 in such manner that the latter may be easily turned.

In Fig. 2 the stopper is shown in dotted lines inserted in the bottle, from which it will be seen that the carrying-strap does not in the slightest prevent the stopper from bein g readily turned in either direction.

In Fig. 2 is shown only one of several ways of securing the carrying-strap to the bags; but my invention is alike applicable to any of these forms without departing from the spirit thereof.

I am further aware of the fact that there are many different forms of stoppers or closures for receptacles of this nature. Therefore I do not confine my invention to any specific form of stopper or closure.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination with a fluidreceptacle, of a strip secured thereto, and a stopper rotatably secured to said strip.

2. The combination with a fluid-receptacle, of a flexible strip permanently secured there to, and a stopper rotatably secured to said strip.

3. The combination with a fluid-receptacle, of a flexible strip secured thereto, provided with an opening, and a screw-threaded stopper having a shank which is rotatable in said opening.

4. The combinationwith a water-bag, of a flexible strip permanently secured to one end thereof, and a stopper permanently and rotatably secured to said strip.'

5. The combination with a water-bag having a funnel at one end thereof, a flexible strip permanently secured to the side of said funnel,'and a stopper rotatably and permanently secured to said strip.

6. The combination with a fluid-receptacle having a carrying-strap at one end thereof, of a stopper rotatably secured to said strap.

7. The combination with a fluid-receptacle, having a carrying-strap at one end thereof, of a stopper permanently secured to said strap.

8. The combination with a water-bag having a funnel at one end thereof and a carrying-strap secured to said funnel, of a stopper rotatably secured to said strap.

9. The combination with a water-bag having a funnel at one end thereof and a carrying-strap secured to said funnel, of a stopper permanently secured to said strap.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 20 in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN H. HOLT.

Witnesses:

J os. H. BLACKWOOD, W. O. BLACKWOOD; 

